The Press., 1887-07-07

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 MT. and Mrs. c. M. Ives.
 Rev. J. P. Hawley will hold meet ing, the weather being favorable, near tn house of Dea Larnerd on Stafford Street Sunday D. m., 10th inst, at four o'clock. Albert Sharp of Wilmington has ham mer and plane which he has owned for ov CT 50 years, and which were made at tn forge which formerly stood near the pres ent Mineral Springs Co.'S. door. The plan' has an iron frame, showing that such ar not, as generally supposed, modern in vention Both bear the stamp of Alden { Parkess, Stafford.
 A body of Antiques and Horribles' made much sport on the 4th on 8 few streets of the borough where they showed themselves, modestly keeping off from Main street because of feeling that they had not prepared themselves for exhibition in so metropolitan district. Headed bJ Capt. Richardson, and making their owl martial music, they started from near Dr Newell's and marched to and through Higl and Prospect streets at about a.m. Peo pie in these favored localities called it the best feature of the day, and we are told that the thing will be bigger and have 2 wider showing next year.
 It seems natural to see J. V. Squier the station agent, back at the post where he has served the travelling public so faith. fully for twenty past years. His present three weeks absence was the first long one during his term of service, and with Mrs. s. he in that time visited friends in Omaha, Chicago, Rockford and many other western cities.
 -Orrin Converse has returned from his Dakotah trip. -The annual district school meeting in the borough district on Monday evening elected Mrs. T. 0. Lathrop for three years, in place of the outgoing member of the district committee also chose H. s. Abel for clerk and treasurer, and Augustus Spellman collector. Mrs. Lathrop has taught in the schools, always been inter ested in education, and has all good quail fcations for the place. The district show ed good sense in using good material made available by the last legislature. Her as- sociates on the committee are A. 0. Eaton, who goes out in '88, and W. G. Ellis, who serves until '89. The district voted to in- crease the insurance on the school house from $1O,0 to $12 1000, and appointed Alvarado Howard, w. ID. Heald and c. G.. Ellis committee to procure plans for tu- ture work to be done on the school house | earth from the grounds are in line with such planss for grading. To this same com mittee was given the work of remedying ] the defects in present grade that occasions the flooding of the basement after rains. It was voted to lay tax of five mills, pay l able Aug 18th. The tax voted last year, through some informality, was not properly laid at the time indicated in the vote, and l therefore was not levied.
 The party of young people who went from the borough to Crystal Lake on Mon day numbered 34, and enjoyed pleasant time, making the most of the opportuni- ties afforded by the pleasant grove, boats, etc.
 The fourth was a quiet day in the borough-for a fourth. The rowdy ele- ment had effervesced over during Sunday night A party of young men serenaded people in different parts of the village at early dawn with patriotic and religious songs, and at a. m. the ringing of the bells and firing of cannon ushered in the day in the old-fashioned way. St. Ed wards society conducted an enjoyable pie nic in the grove near Edgewood, and the German society, occupying the hall over the Beckwith card company's works, had dancing and music. In the evening fire
 
 the village, the finest display being at the residence of Alvarado Howard, Esq, where for over two hours large gathering witnessed the combustion of rockets, can- dies, pigeons, mines, fountains, shells, etc., the singing of patriotic airs helping to make it fitting observance of the natal anniversary. Citizens Band was out in the morning, and gave some good music.
 70. F. Bradway is putting in water wheels of his make at J. R. Washburn's s machine shop and Mullins newly fitted woolen mill at West Stafford. -.G
 All interested in organizing a Sunday school at Orcuttville are invited to be at Preble's Hall Sunday at 4.30 p. m.
 A horse apparently injured by over was ordered killed yesterday by Agent Hodgson of the s. F. T. P. o. 0. T. A., etc. ...
 There have been cases of diphtheria in' town, but the disease is disappearing.
 An exciting scene on Main street on Tuesday resulted from Julius Converse's horse taking fright and breaking his hal ter. He ran into Grocer Johnson's team causing that horse also to break loose and run. Both horses were soon secured. There was damage to wagons and harness es and some narrow escapes from other ac- eidents upon the crowded street through which they ran.
 The old Stafford Springs base ball club of this village hastily reorganized last week to accept a challenge from the Staf- fordville nine, and played on the fair grounds on the 4th, with a,victory for the Staffords. BOROUGH COURT OF STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 RIsLEY, JUDGE.
 The first session of the new district court was held at Borough Hall, which has been fitted up for the use of the court, on We'd nesday. The case was one which had cre- ated much excitement, greatly exaggerated reports on the street having intensified this. Three boys, Walter Kempton, Burt Rumble and Charles O'Neill, had been spending the day in idle sport, and wound up by breaking into the cellar of the Rum- ble boys father, where they filled two bottles from jug of Whiskey, and started for the woods to enjoy drunk. Rumble is some over Is years of age, Kempton over IA, and O'Neill but g. Kempton seems to have been the leader, the smarter, of the trio, and no doubt the worst, a lad who needs good training to keep him from going to the bad very rapidly The three boys all got very drunk, the little 9-year- old becoming so stupefied that his alarmed